«And a final and last question relates to the existence
of specialised services with sufficient methodological and practical guides and
regular inspection, concerning these services being offered above all for Roma
women and migrant women located in the country, women with disabilities,
lesbians and transsexuals in specific areas which might be very sensitive, as
it's the case for example regarding the area of reproductive and sexual health
or indeed operations to prevent reproduction to women with disabilities and
Roma women. How does the state prevent that kind of practice in both in
normative and practical way, [1:03:38] and also the practice to have sex change
corrections early in life when the situation might still be unclear.
Thank you.»

(The Italian Delegation then didn't answer the bit on
IGM.)

16:58h: (Video
english)
@ 1:58:28) YAY!! Less than 90 seconds before the end of the
session, CEDAW expert Particia Schulz is eventually allowed a
follow-up question, spelling out intersex children,
harmful practices and legislation to end IGM,
and raising the CEDAW/CRC Joint General Recomm. “on harmful
practices”!
Unofficial Transcript:

«Thank you very much Madam Chair for allowing a last
question on my side. I refer to the question asked by Miss Arocha concerning
corrective surgeries which is medically unnecessary very often and irreversible
surgery and other medical treatment performed on intersex children, not with
the consent of the persons themselves or their parents. These interventions are
now seen more and more by a number of UN human rights bodies as a violation of
the right to health as well a form of harmful practice according to the Joint
General Recommendation this Committee and the Committee on the Rights of the
Child developed. So my question: Do you plan to adopt legislation to protect
the bodily integrity, autonomy and self-determination of intersex persons,
maybe by criminalising these interventions when unnecessary, and to provide for
compensation for those who underwent those measures without their free prior
and informed consent? Thank you.»

(The session goes into extra time.)

17:00h: (Video
english |
original (italian) @ 1:59:49) Italian Delegate Assunta Morresi
(Ministry of Health) issues the usual denials,
allegedly only “very few” mutilations and
only for medical reasons with allegedly “no data
or indication of forced interventions”, parent's
consent allegedly sufficient, but if wished by the doctors
(!!!) they would be open for “discussions”
... Unofficial Transcript (UN simultaneous translation from original
Italian):

«This kind of surgery is very limited, there have been
9 surgical operations between the years of 0 and 9 in 2015, and all these
interventions have taken into account medical requirements. And of course we
need the informed consent of the parents or of a tutor. So far we had not had
any data or indication of forced interventions. Everything has taken place case
by case according to medical indications and with consent. If scientific
societies believe that it is necessary to have a discussion on this the
ministry of course will be available.»

«Yes, actually, more and more the discussion is that
parents cannot consent to such interventions because of the gravity they have
and the consequences that are lifelong. So the child suffers during the
childhood and may suffer during the whole adulthood. So this is a question that
I think should be adressed in view of these considerations. Thank you very
much.»

(There was no follow-up answer by Italy.)

17:04h: Chairperson Dalia Leinarte closes the session.

This was way too close for
comfort, as in UN Treaty body mechanisms there is the iron-cast rule,
“no questions during the review, no recommendations”. Even
more worrying however is the fact that the issue was only raised under
art. 10 “healthcare”, and NOT under art. 5 “harmful practices”, and that
obviously
at the UN the harmful misconception persists, intersex and more specifically
would be about “sex change”, and generally a trans or LGBT issue,
a harmful prejudice that is constantly fueled
at the UN (and elswhere) by big money LGBT NGOs and agencies including
Amnesty
London, EU-FRA and UNFE
New York, and which may rather sooner than later spell the end
of intersex human rights at the UN! Nonetheless, let's hope for
strong Concluding observations for Italy under art. 5, due at
the end of the 67th CEDAW session ...

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